NUWC Demos Swimmer Defense System
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Newport provided a demonstration on Sept. 20 of an integrated swimmer defense system currently being developed in Narragansett Bay off Newport, R.I. The system could be used to provide harbor security, protection of Navy vessels and other high value assets. Using lightweight active sonar, radar, and electro-optic and infrared sensors as detection and engagement subsystems, the system is designed to identify and thwart potential hostile surface swimmers, divers and divers
Jim Pollock, Director of Homeland Defense Programs, NUWC Newport, seated second from right, discussed subsea defense technology at the recent OceanTech Expo, held September 5-7 in Providence, RI.
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assisted with diver propulsion vehicles. "Once we've detected these threats, we have to do something to engage them because
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